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Teachers in Peru return to class as strike winds down

Members of Peru's teachers union clash with police during a national strike to demand a salary increase and better working conditions in Lima, on Aug. 24. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo

LIMA (Reuters) — Teachers in Peru started returning to classrooms on Monday after union leaders announced they should suspend a strike that had sparked unrest and dragged on for more than two months in some places.

Teachers at public schools in Peru had sought a sharper salary hike than the government's 12 per cent proposal for next year and opposed evaluation-based firings.

But union leader Pedro Castillo announced a temporary end to the strike during the weekend after the government threatened to dismiss teachers who did not return to class.